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J. A. TRAUT.

BOX HANDLE. No. 391,283. Patented 0012.16, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JIISTUS A. TRAUI, OF NEXV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I'IA'LFTO HENRY O. HIND, QF SAME PLACE.

BOX-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,283, dated Octoberl6 1888.

Application filed August 13, 1888. Serial No. 282,541. ("No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUSTUS A. Traitor, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and StateConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBox-Handles,ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in handles for packing boxes ofpaper or other boxes of thin material;and the object of my invention isto make a cheap and convenient handle which can readily be attached toordinary boxes, and which also may be detached for application toanother box when desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one endof a packingbox and its cover with one of my box-handles applied to thebox. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the handle alone. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one end of a box and cover with my handle applied tothe box. Fig. at is a like view of the same with my handle applied tothe box-cover, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of my box-handle.

I prefer to construct my handle of wire bent into the form shown. Itconsists ofa handle, b',adapted to project horizontally, from whichhandle I extend obliquely upward and outward two diverging arms, 7 7,and from the outer ends of these arms I bend downwardly the returnarms S8, all as shown. For convenience of attachment I prefer to bend theouter end of the arms 8 8 slightly in a direction away from the handle,as shown at 8' 8.

In Fig. 1 the box A has a cover, B, which extends downwardly upon thebox only a short distance. XVhen the cover is removed, I slip the handleupon the upper edge oft-he box with the two arms 8 8 upon the inside,and the arms 77 and handle 6 upon the outside, and force them downwardlyuntil the upper edge of the box comes in contact with the inside of thebend at thejunction of the arms 7 and 8. The portions of the arms whichare hidden from view and the upper edge of the box are indicated bybroken lines. The lower ends of the arms 7 and 8 are also formed nearlyenough in one plane, so that when the handle is applied in the mannerdescribed the spring of the material acts to press or clamp the armsagainst the opposite sides of the paper or other ma terial of which thebox end is formed, thereby securing the handle in position against accidental displacement.

In stores and many other places where boxes are placed one upon anotherin piles side by side it is very inconvenient to withdraw any particularbox, and my handle is specially adapted to be applied to such boxes, sothat the box may be readily withdrawn from its place, and even theentire box and its contents may be carried from place to place by takinghold of the box-handle and placing a finger under the bottom of the boxat the handle end.

In Figs. 3 and 4. I have shown a box whose cover is substantially theheight of the box, the same being what is sometimes termed a double box.For such a box I make the arms 7 7 somewhat longer, so that the handlemay come at or near the top or bottom of the box. With such a box myhandle may be applied either to the box or cover, as shown,respectively, in Figs. 3 and 4.

These handles may be made in differentsizes and of heavy or lightmaterial to adapt them for use upon different styles of boxes or forboxes having light or heavy contents. Then the box is worn out or itscontents are ex hausted, the handle can be readily detached and appliedto another box for further use.

I am aware that a prior patent shows a removable handle for tea-cups andsimilarround vessels formed of wire doubled upon itself and extendingnpwardly'to the top edge of the cup with the two members lying closelytogether and then downwardly on the inside thereof, and the same ishereby disclaimed.

I claim as my invention The herein-described box-handle, consisting ofthe horizontally-projecting handle 6, the arms 7 7, extending upwardlyand diverging outwardly therefrom, and the return-arms 8 S at the outerends of the arms7 7, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

JUSTUS A. TRAUT.

Witnesses:

ll. 0. HoRIE, JAMES SHEPARD.

